I love this Orange Chicken Recipe; it is absolutely delicious! Before we start cooking, did you know that Orange Chicken is a dish of American-Chinese origin? There are claims that this recipe originally came from Hunan (a province in china) and was modified when brought here in North America for the purpose of adapting to the American palate.In my opinion, Panda Express makes the best Orange Chicken. Though it is a fast food chain, most of their dishes are far better than the one’s served in restaurants.
This is not the original Orange Chicken Recipe of Panda Express but rather a regular variation similar to the one’s served in Chinese buffets ( just added green onions to make it more appealing). I also minimized the ingredients to make this a budget friendly Orange Chicken Recipe fit for those who want to practice a frugal way of living. I will try to make our future recipes as budget friendly as possible so please stay tuned.
Please tell me what you think of this Orange Chicken Recipe. Your comments are greatly appreciated.
Try this delicious dish and let me know what you think.
Orange Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 lbs boneless chicken breast cubed
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 raw egg beaten
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Cooking oil
- 1 1/2 cup water
- 4 tablespoons orange juice
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 1/4 cup vinegar
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon garlic minced
- 1/2 cup green onions finely chopped
Instructions
- In a container, put-in the flour, salt, and ground black pepper then mix well
- Dip the chicken on the beaten egg mixture and place inside the container (where the flour, salt, and pepper are)
- Close the container and shake until the chicken is evenly coated with the flour mixture
- Deep fry the chicken for about 7 minutes or until the color turns golden brown. Set aside
- In a pan, put-in the water, soy sauce, vinegar, and orange juice then bring to a boil
- Add the garlic and simmer for 5 minutes
- Add the sugar and and simmer for 3 to 5 minutes
- Put-in the green onions and cornstarch (diluted in 2 tbsp of water) then mix well
- Add the deep-fried chicken on pan and cook until sauce nearly evaporates
- Serve hot. Share and Enjoy!
oliver flores says
how to make honey garlic chicken?
peter says
just did this recipe. tastes and looks great! one thing tho, i felt the flour is too much as i hav lots of flour left. but overall this is a good recipe.
Dyann says
I cooked this for lunch today, super delicious! Thanks for the recipe, I just added 1/4 cup water to reduce sweetness. And I also added 1 tsp cornstarch diluted in 1 tbsp water.
adrianna_gille says
Pretty good recipe on its own! I tried it yesterday and made some minor adjustment accdg. to my liking. I did’t have green onion so I used chopped fresh parley instead. It came out really good and my husband said I should keep this in my keeper’s menu! It’s very easy to make and so tasty!!!
athomemom says
Hi Panlasang Pinoy, I tried your orange chicken and it was so yummy! My husband loves it. Thanks for the recipe!
jade says
hi kuya, i love orange chicken and i wanted to try cooking one, im just curious if th orange juice will b fresh or the ones sold at grocery stores like tropicana or like zest-o or what. please kuya help me, coz aside from i wanna try one coz i love orange chicken i also wanna cook good food for my husband. please kuya hellllpppp…. (^_^)
jujubee says
I just made your orange chicken tonite. Me and my husband love it. Thank you so much.
olive laccay says
hello…i love cooking and baking and your videos help me a lot.Through my passion i do small catering, lakas lang ng loob.why should i enroll to cooking school f i can watched and fallow naman your video.since we have our internet at home…ay naku…beleive me eto ang takbuhan ko f mya catering ako…thanks alot…please continue to post nwe recipes so that ma i try ko..thanks a lot.
Nanette, Mississauga, ON, CA says
Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge. My picky foreign husband likes it and so the kids. More power to you!
Gary Marquez says
Hi Bro!!Thanks for your never ending time for us OFWs, now a days we need to save money, i am trying to cook all the things that you have posted, and taste really amazed us and refrain us from dining outside kasi its tastier than what we are having in the restos…….Gary of Kuwait
Panlasang Pinoy says
You are Welcome Gary 🙂 Thanks for visiting, hope to see you here often.
MommyJ says
this is very awesome! I make it for dinner tonight… beside of my over garlic the taste was really lasang pinoy!next time I’ll make it sure less garlic 🙂 I didnt copy the ingredient..2lbs of chicken is to much for us. so I try to less whats the original ingredient is.. but i got carry-away with the garlic 🙂
thank you very much!
Marie says
I tried this menu at one of the food chain and i love it, thamks for sharing this, i would cook this one of these day
tel says
omg… if i were to get married again i think i have to consider you on my list….too assuming 🙂 kidding aside, thanks for sharing this oh so yummy recipe 🙂
Panlasang Pinoy says
Doing that will definitely change the taste. I recommend trying recipes with chili such as kung pao chicken of spiced chicken. That is just a recommendation, you can always give it a try and see if you will like the taste. Thanks for commenting. Ingat lagi.
cathy says
hi kuya! ok lang po ba instead of deep fry i-bake ang chicken after breading para mas healthy? Thanks po sa mga recipes nyo.
Panlasang Pinoy says
Haven’t tried that yet Cathy but you can always experiment. Give us some feedback if it is not so much to ask. Thanks.
Jesh Co says
thank you for uploading the video … its easy for me to learn how to cook different menu while watching it. God Bless
Gelene says
kuya, thank you po! I saw your videos in Youtube and this website really helps with the measurements of ingredients. Im a new housewife that really doesnt know anything about cooking i mean literally and the measurements really help. Hopefully I can get to that level where I can just toss in the ingredients and measure by just looking. Thanks for your effort, you really saved my marriage! Im down to the point where my inlaws were being to critical expecially of my cooking and I cooked this recipe, and they thought I bought an already made one. It’s okay if they dont believe me, but deep inside I felt a sense of accomplishment for myself! Now my foreigner husband cant wait to go home after a day’s work! You saved me from an impending divorce. Pagpalain po sana kayo at ng iyong pamilya ng Panginoong Maykapal!
mrsmillard says
thank you kuya for the ricepe, you provided 4 us . my husband absolutely love itl.the food was really amazing keep it up pls. post some more ricepes thanks alot i learned some cooking from ur site from TENNESSE USA.
cutemomma says
ginawa ko ung orange chicken so yummy thank you so much…
Panlasang Pinoy says
Congrats MindanaoBabe. It’s nice to know that it worked well for you. Hope that others would try it too.